Skul: The Hero Slayer, the roguelike action game by SouthPAW Games, received a major update today. Patch 1.7.0, also known as the Dark Mirror update brought tons of new content including a game mode. Players can also expect a plethora of balancing changes and bug fixes.
Players' skills and limits will be tested with the new Dark Mirror mode. The developer claims that the new mode is more like a DLC that features a full story and fans should experience it fully.
The patch also makes some notable changes to the Reward system. From now on, three reward choices will be given when players clear the Item Map, but only one can be selected. Adventures are made lootable once they are defeated.
You can read about the rest of the highlights below.
- Now damage inflicted on enemies by summoned characters will be recognized as the overall damage the player has inflicted.
- Added a new effect for destroying Skulls, Items, and Quintessences.
- Destroying a Quintessence will now increase the player’s Max HP, the increasing value will differ based on the rarity of the Quintessence.
- Removed the "Title Screen" option from the Pause menu
- Adjusted the layout of several maps across all chapters.
- Decreased the HP of normal enemies and Adventurers in all chapters.
- Increased the drop rate of healing orbs in all chapters.
- Increased the drop rates of Dark Quartz in chapters 1, 2, and 3.
- Decreased the drop rates of Dark Quartz in chapter 4.
- Decreased the number of cleared stages that are required to clear chapters 3 and 4.
- Increased the reroll cost for repeatedly rerolling the Collector"s items.
- Now the player’s chance to encounter more field NPCs has increased in chapters 1, 2, and 3.
- Now the player's chance to encounter the field NPC "Odd Dark Priest" has increased in all chapters.
- Changed the HP recovery rate and appearance rate of the type of herbs the field NPC "Halfling Girl" offers.
- Changed the HP recovery rate of "Fruit of Love": 15% > 20%
- Changed the HP recovery rate of "Moonlight Herb": 25% > 30%
- Changed the HP recovery rate of "Inferno Flower": 60% > 50%
- "Halfling Girl" will now offer the "Fruit of Love" less frequently.
- The buffs casted by the field NPC "Spokesman of the Mist" will now have decreased amplification values to the Physical and Magic Attacks.
- The buffs casted by the field NPC "Spokesman of the Mist" will now have an increased value to Attack Speed.
- A new device called the "Ballista" and the "Launch Pad" has been added to chapter 4.
- The event map "Dang-Ka Defense" has been temporarily disabled.
The complete patch notes of Skul: The Hero Slayer - The Dark Mirror Update can be read via Steam.
